The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-23
A Busy Day at Martha's Grove
Camp Ground.
MRS. Livermore Gives Some Valuable
Advice to tour Girls,
Or. George r. Stone Tells of the
Value of SociabiIlty.
Especial to the Press.l

ulo' NuotVi, WIN Hdo ElNcu tllio bcduehui
ground and through whose efforts the Chau-
tauqua Union was located here and who is
untiring in her labor for its prosperity.
At a. m, in the hall in the grove, the
| First Normal Hour, was conducted by Rev.
| A. T. Dunn of Portland, subject: The Sun
day School, What is it? Mr.. Dunn showed
| first that it is not
1. A substitute for the family
2. A substitute for the pulpit
3. A substitute for other appointments of the
church.
The Sunday School is department Of the
church of Christ in which is taught the word
of Christ for the purpose of bringing souls to
Christ and of building up souls in Christ.
Its membership should be:
l. Children.
2. Adults.
g. Unsacred.
L. All Christians.
In organization its officers should be:
l. Pastor.
2. Superintendent.
g. Teacher.
A. Subordinate officers.
At $50 in the Auditorium Prof Morse, as
sisted at the piano by Mrs. Morse, conducted
the first lchorus rehearsal. A good begin
ming was made. This year, in addition to
the Epworth Hymnal of last year, a new
book, "Glad Hallelujahs, is used in the re-
hearsals.
At 945 Rev. w. f. Berry of Lewiston con-
Quoted the Second Normal hour, in the usual
place. Subject: The World .and the Lands
of the Bible. The time was spent in map
drawing, and the location of mountain
ranges, seas, rivers, etc., mentioned in the
Bible.
AT II a. m. a large audience gathered in the
Auditorium in spite of the rain Rev. w.
T. Berry offered prayer, then short praise
service was held to allow time for those COM
ing on the morning train to reach the
grounds in season to hear the whole of Mrs.
Livermores lecture. This service was con-
Quoted by Prof Morse with Mrs. Morse at
the piano.
Rev. Geo. d. Lindsay of Bangor, in intro
ducing Mrs. Livermore, said that once, at
Chautauqua, DR.. Vincent was to introduce a
lady about to lecture on Wendell Phillips
He did so by saying that lecture on the
king of men would be given by the queen Of
women. MIR. Lindsay said that he now had
the pleasure of introducing the same queen
of women, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore.
The lecturer first mentioned the change in
public sentiment during her lifetime on her
subject of today,
OUR GIRLS.
Forty years ago Margaret Fuller, the
grandest woman in intellectual powers of
that day, published small book on Woman
On the title page were two notices, one
under the other, apparently contradicting
each other: "Frailty thy name is woman" I"
and ''The earth waits for her queen" The
first referred to the past, the other looked to
the future. A superficial reader of history
will allow that this has been the lot of
woman in the past-now a slave, now an
idol, today drudge, tomorrow doll Lack
of systematic training has prevented woman
from attaining the same development as
man.
For years the question has been discussed,
What is the proper sphere of woman? But
it is a little comical to think while this con-
troversy has been going on, woman has oc-
cupied every sphere, from that of Queen
Victoria, who has just had her jubilee over a
reign purer and better than any of her pre-
decessors, down to that of the Digger Indian
woman.
Forty years ago no educational facilities
were open for women, none dared write
under their own names for fear of losing
position in society. For twenty years
Frances Power Cobbe wrote on questions of
the day without the knowledge of her
family.
At II saw not even high school open to
women, and when my father employed
Professor of Harvard College to teach me
languages. he, pledged, us to secrecy, as it
known that he taught girls. Today 16O col
leges are open to woman as well as all pro-
fessions; she has every opportunity that
man has, but the path is not quite so easy
for her as for man. The last census gives
2S7 occupations well filed by women.
1t is with the young women we have to
deal today. as the adult women are already
fixed in the work of life. What shall these
girls do for themselves, and what shall we
do with and for them? | am not alone in
saying that the moral character of nation
depends upon its women. Greece fell not
from lack of knowledge, nor Rome from
lack of power The future of our nation
depends upon our women. This is the great
est question of today, How shall they be
fitted for the future?
First, we need to give them better physi-
cal training. We need a truer estimate of
money A person well born, of good par
enta2e, able to eat and sleep, has all the
heavens and earth. Very few women have
the muscular force of men, but they exceed
them in nerve power.
We begin to iniure our girls with dress.
We overload them. Ladies, are we not bond
servants to our clothes? Shall we ever be
freeP No one has the right to go abroad
with an external appearance displeasing to
their fellows. Beauty is not seen in French
doll, lacking beauty of soul. We seem to
think God knows how to make boys, but not
girls, so give them into the hands Of the
dreSSmakers
When men find it necessary to wear corsets
I'll put them on, and not till then. Those
who wear corsets can be readily recognized
A red nose is not only characteristic of strong
drinking, but of corset wearing.
In dressing our girls we must D give them
room to breathe (9 shift the weight of the
skirt to the shoulders; (3) have the skirts six
inches from the ground; az dispose of the
hideous high-heeled boots. One thing more.
1t is high noon in the intellectual life of
woman, and there is danger of overwork
Let the girls learn to count il as much re-
proach to lose outdoor exercise or sleep, as
to fail in lessons. We have not learned the
value Of industrial training. Reference was
then made to the meagre exhibition made by
women at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876.
and the gradual awakening in that direction
Forty years ago, no designing was done in
thls>country; now much of the work for car
pets, prints, ETC., is done by women. Prac-
tical chemistry and many sciences afford
work for women.
No girl is well educated, who, at the close
| Of her training, is not in possession of a
| trade.
The lecturer concluded by saving she
| would be glad to say more of moral and re-
ligious training, and charged the girls to
give no patronage to any wrong custom Of
society. The day has gone by when men
| think for women, and not yet do women
| think for men; but nothing can uplift or de-
grade the one that does not affect the other
| in the same way.
Man and woman together make up human
| ity. Nature is dual throughout.i: Man is the
| head, woman the heart; man is ambitious.
woman aspiring; with one aim and one ideal
| together, they will elevate humanity.
Mrs. Liyermore held the close attention of
all present for nearly two hours.
The rain continued during the day, but the
shutters which have taken the place of the
awning of last year change the auditorium
into closed room so no discomfort is expe-
perienced. A broad veranda has been ad-
ded to the building for which the shutters
form a cover in pleasant weather.
The afternoon meeting was opened at d.
M with singing, and prayer was offered by
Rev. A. j. Rackiiff, of Skowhegan.
| Rev. Mr. Lindsay then introduced Geo. r.
Stone, A. B., LII. b., Franklin, N. H., who
gave an interesting and instructive address,
abounding in classical illusions and poetical
! quotations. His subject was
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